Meat-tenderer.



o tightening portion of the main frame.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PEARL TARLE'ION, OF KENTON, OHIO.

MEAT-TENDERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 714,062, datedvNovember 18, 1,902.

Application led .Tune 9, 1902.

for tendering meats, and it has for its objectA lo to provide a simple,inexpensive, and easilymanipulat-ed means adapted to effectively tendermeat without shredding the same or completely severing the fibresthereof in such ,manner that the juicy or nutritious particles t 5 arenot lost.

-- In its generic nature my invention comprehends a suitable cast framehaving means for clamping to a table edge or other support acutter-equipped shaft adapted to be detachzo ably journaled in the saidframe, a combined guard and meat-receiving plate, and a detachablecombined presser and feed-roller for opposing the cutters. The severalparts have such cooperative arrangement whereby they can z5 be easilyassembled by the housewife or kitchen help without the necessity of askilful manipulation thereof.

In its more complete nature my invention includes a novel means forassembling the 3o cutters upon the cutter-shaft or arbor Whereby theycan be .readily removed for cleaning, and it also includes a specialframe portion adapted to operate as a wrench for removing or tighteningthe nut that secures the cutters; and in its more subordinate nature myinvention consists in certain details of construction and peculiarcombination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully eX-plained, and particularly pointed out in the 4o appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l isa perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesame, the crank or operating-handle being omitted and the slottedguardor guide-plate shown in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4L is a detail view of the main or castframe. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the nut loosening and Fig. 6is a detail view of one end of a portion of the plate-supporting brackethereinafter re- Serial No. 110.919. (No modela includes a main or castframe l, provided with a pendent inturned bracket la, having its end aformed with a threaded vertical aperture Ilb to receive the clamp-screw2,pro vided with the usual head 2 for engaging the table edge, aslshownin Fig. l. The main or body part of the casting l comprises the parallelupper and lower portions lc 1d, joined at one end by an integral endmember 3 and at the other end by a yoke portion 3a, and at the yoke endthe casting has a pair of opposing extensions, the upper one 3c of whichhas a horizontal aperture c and the lower one has a horizontal socketl), the purpose of which will be presently explained, and the end mem'ber 3 has a horizontal aperture c,that registers with the aperture c atthe opposite end of the casting, and it is also formed with an openpendent socket b', that registers with the socket b at the oppositeside, as best shown in Figs-2 and 4, from which it will also be noticedthe aperture c' has an internal thread c to receive the threaded end 5of the shaft 5X, that carries the bearing-roller 5, which, to preventdulling the cutters, is made of wood and is ot' a length to t the spacebetween the vertical ends of the frame l.

The roller 5 is loosely held on the shaft 5X, which passes through atubular metal core 5d of the roller 5. rlhe outer or threaded end of theshaft 5 has a thumb-piece whereby it can be conveniently tted in anoperable position or removed, as desired.

6 designates the cutter-carrying shaft or arbor, upon which is mountedto turn therewith a series of steel cutter-disks 7, having .knife-edgeswhich are divided into a number of circumferentially-disposed cut edges7a by a series of radial notches 7b, the purpose of which is to preventthe cutters making a continuous cut and slicing or shredding the meatduring the operation of tendering the same.

The cutters 7 are held spaced apart by metal Washers 8, loosely fittedon the arbor 6, and an end collar 6, iiXedly held on the arbor 6, and aclampingnut 9, that engages a threaded portion 6 of the arbor, and tosolidly interlock the several washers 8 and the cutters 7 each cutterhas a dowel 7 X to engage a socket in the washers, as clearly shown inFig. 7. The outer end 6 of the arbor is also threaded to receive thethreaded hub 10 of the crankoperatiug handle 10.

11 and 12 designate a pair of brackets, one in each side of the mainframe or casting 1, which pro.; ectin opposite directions,and thesebrackets are bolted on the base portion c5 of the main casting, (seeFig. 3,) and the upper ends of the bracket 11 terminate in flat restmembers disposed in a plane above the axis ofthe cutter-shaft,and theends of the bracket 12 diverge, and one of the ends has an apertured ear12 and the othera laterally-disposed stud 12, and both ends terminate ina plane below the rest ends of the opposite bracket 11, whereby tosupport the slotted combined guard and guide plate 14 atan incline tofacilitate the feed of the meat toward the super'- posed members 7 and5, the direction of the feed of the meat being indicated by the arrow inFig. 3.

The plate 14 has a series of longitudinal slots 14, one for eachcutter-disk, through which the upper or penetratingr ends of the saidcutter-disks pass. The lower end of the plate 14 has an ear 14c at oneedge to engage the stud 12c on one end of the bracket 12, and at theother end it has an apertured ear to register with the apertured ear122L on the other end of the bracket l2 and to which the said plate isdetachably connected by a cotter-pin, as shown.

By providing a slotted plate 14, adapted to coperate with the cuttersand the roller 5, under which it passes, and the brackets 12 and 11, asdescribed, a simple means for supporting the meat and guiding it betweenthe roller 5 and the cutters is provided, and at the same time the plate14 acts as a guard for the cutters and limits their penetration into themeat, and, again, the said plate acts as a cleaner when it is pulledaway from the cutters, as it will remove the meat particles that mightadhere to the edges of the said cutters.

The upper member of the frame 1 has an aperture 16 and a non-circularsocket or seat 17 surrounding the said aperture to act as a Wrench forloosening and tightening the clamp-nut for securing the cutters andwashers on the arbor v6, it being understood that by inserting the endofthe arbor through the aperture 16 until the nut engages the seat 17 byturning the arbor 6 to the right or left, as may be desired, the nutwill be tightened or loosened.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,it is thought the manner in which my invention operates and itsadvantages will be readily understood. The meat as it is fed to thecutters is punctured by a series of interrupted cuts, and by passing themeat through the cutters successively and turning the same so that thecuts will criscross the toughest meat can be ren dered tender andwithout cutting up the piece into shreds and slices and withoutcompletely severing the fibers thereof.

The several parts of my appliance are especially made for interdependentaction and in such mannerthat ordinary kitchen help can readily assemblethe parts for use and disconnect them for cleaning. The construction issuch as to render the parts practically unbreakable.

By providing a main casting formed in the manner described and shown theoperator can quickly and conveniently set the cutters in position byinserting the outer end of the arbor in the lower socket at the yoke endof the frame and seating the handle end of the said arbor in the opensocket in the other end of the frame. The plate 14 is then placed inposition by fitting one end onto the stud on the bracket 12 andconnecting the other end with the apertured ear 12r of the bracket 12 bythe Cotter-pin 15. The roller is then inserted and held by the shaft 5X,one end of which engages the apertured bracket at the top of the yokeend of the frame, and the other end of the said shaft 5X engages thetransverse aperture in the opposite end of the frame, to which it ismade fast by having its threaded portion made to engage with the threadsof the aperture in the said bracket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A meat-tenderer, comprising a supporting-frame consisting of upperand lower parallel members, joined by vertical portions at each end, thevertical portion at one end having a pendent'inturned member, adapted toreceive a clamp-screw, the vertical portion at one end having a pair ofsockets in vertical alinement, the other vertical portion having abearing-aperture in the horizontal plane of the upper socket at theopposite end, and an open-seat socket in the horizontal plane of theopposing socket at the other end, a roller having journals for engagingthe upper pair of sockets, a cutting means, comprising a shaft rotatablymounted in the lower pair of sockets, a series of cutter-disks mountedon said shaft held to oppose the roller, the bracket members secured tothe main frame and projected in opposite directions, and the slottedplate 14, loosely supported at one end on the brackets 7 and detachablyconnected to the brackets 12 at the other end, as set forth. i

2. In a meatltenderer as described, the combination with the main frame,said frame having a socket in one end and an aperture in the other endin the horizontal plane of the opposing socket, said aperture having athreaded portion, the frame also having a second socket in the verticalplane of the first-named socket, and a pendent open seat in the verticalplane with the threaded aperture, and the brackets 11 and 12 extended inopposite directions from the main frame; of

the tubular detachable roller 5,a detachable shaft 5 therefor, saidshaft having a threaded portion to engage the threaded aperture in themain frame, and an end adapted to engage the socket opposing the saidthreaded aperture, the shaft 6, one end of which is adapted todetachably engage the pendent seat in the main frame, and the other endto engage the socket that opposes said seat, a series of cutter-disksixedly mounted on the shaft, and the slotted plate 14 for coperatiugwith the cutter-disks, and the roller 5 detachably supported on thebrackets 11 and 12, and means for connecting the said plate to one ofthe said brackets, for the purposes described.

3. In an appliance as described, the combination with the main frame,said frame having an aperture 16, and a surrounding nutreceiving socket;of the cutting devices, consisting of the shaft having a iixedly-heldcollar at one end a threaded portion at the other end, a series ofcutter-disks, and spacing-collars mounted upon the said shaft, saidcollars and disks having interlocking means, and the nut for engagingthe threaded portion of the shaft, val1 being arranged substantially asshown and for the purposes described.

4. In a meat-tenderer as described, a supporting-frame formed of asingle body, comprising upper and lower horizontal members, connected atone end by a curved vertical portion 3a, and having at said end a pairof opposing sockets b c, a vertical portion 3 connecting the other endof the longitudinal members,said portion 3 having an open socket b and athreaded bearing c and provided with a pendent socket member, the upperlongitudinal member having an aperture 16,

and a nut-receiving socket surrounding said 4o aperture as set forth.

PEARL E. TARLETON.

Witnesses:

J. N. STINoHooMB, L. G. WooLLEY.

